{"generator":"GNU social 1.2.0-beta4","title":"Notices tagged with oldtech","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","displayName":"Tantek","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"207"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/theme\/neo-gnu\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"http:\/\/tantek.com\/","portablecontacts_net":{"displayName":"Tantek","addresses":{"formatted":"\nSan Francisco, CA\n"}}},"content":"TIL: \u201csecurity by antiquity\u201d from <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackers\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackers<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Presumably a reference to (or a subset of) \"security through obscurity\".<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Best rationalization for old-tech-hoarding I have seen in a long time.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Probably worth a longer cybersecurity post or a few. Like how to source (obtain), repair, maintain, and integrate with (or isolate from!) modern systems, or somewhere in between like local-only secure data transfers between such systems, perhaps gapped a la sneakernet.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Glossary:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>security through obscurity<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u00a0 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_through_obscurity\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_through_obscurity<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>sneakernet<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u00a0 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sneakernet\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sneakernet<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">security<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">securityByAntiquity<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">oldTech<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">cyberSecurity<\/span> <br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/236\/t1\/security-by-antiquity-old-tech","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/236\/t1\/security-by-antiquity-old-tech","objectType":"note","content":"TIL: \u201csecurity by antiquity\u201d from <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackers\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20260821-why-older-tech-is-sometimes-safer-from-hackers<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Presumably a reference to (or a subset of) \"security through obscurity\".<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Best rationalization for old-tech-hoarding I have seen in a long time.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Probably worth a longer cybersecurity post or a few. Like how to source (obtain), repair, maintain, and integrate with (or isolate from!) modern systems, or somewhere in between like local-only secure data transfers between such systems, perhaps gapped a la sneakernet.<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>Glossary:<br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>security through obscurity<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u00a0 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_through_obscurity\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Security_through_obscurity<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>sneakernet<br class=\"auto-break\" \/>\u00a0 <a class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sneakernet\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sneakernet<\/a><br class=\"auto-break\" \/><br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">security<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">securityByAntiquity<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">oldTech<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">cyberSecurity<\/span> <br class=\"auto-break\" \/>#<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust<\/span> #<span class=\"p-category auto-tag\">Blaugust2026<\/span>","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/236\/t1\/security-by-antiquity-old-tech","status_net":{"notice_id":116350},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"blaugust2026"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"cybersecurity"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"oldtech"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"securitybyantiquity"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:status.blaise.ca,2026-08-27:objectType=thread:nonce=31fea0b1ffd018f3","notice_info":{"local_id":"116350","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2026-08-24T20:16:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"stadeus","url":"http:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tantek.com\/2026\/236\/t1\/security-by-antiquity-old-tech"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/status.blaise.ca\/tag\/oldtech","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}